Welcome back to TFD Summer Break! In today's episode, we welcome Christian back in Studio to share the story of Polybius, an alleged arcade game placed in Portland back in the 80's. Hailed as the first "internet urban legend" by skeptics everywhere, the legend describes the game as part of a government-run crowdsourced psychology experiment based in Portland, Oregon during 1981.
Gameplay supposedly produced intense psychoactive and addictive effects in the player. These few publicly staged arcade machines were said to have been visited periodically by men in black for the purpose of data-mining the machines and analyzing these effects. Allegedly, all of these Polybius arcade machines disappeared from the arcade market. Polybius has persisted as a topic of interest for video games journalism and through continued interest, it has served as inspiration for free and commercial video games by the same name.
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If you're new to the show, welcome to TFD Summer Break! Season 1 has ended, and while the gang recharges their batteries, and gears up for Season 2 of The Freaky Deaky later this Fall, we'll be releasing shorter weekly episodes across all your favorite pod catchers. It's gonna be a good time. Special Guests, Guest Hosts, Heather will debut some True Crime, and we'll also be uploading video shorts, and behind the scenes footage on our YouTube Channel & TikTok Page, so make sure you're following along across our social media pages!
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S3:E23 - Chilling True Tales From Haunted Hotels | Ex-Employees & Guests Share Their Experiences
S3:E22 - Freaky Listener Stories | Vol. 2 | True & TERRIFYING Paranormal Experiences From TFD Listeners
S3:E21 - Project Blue Beam: The Most Controversial Conspiracy of Our Time | True, Or Truly Bonkers?
S3:E20 - Night Shift Horror Stories | Pt. 2 | Terrifying Tales From The Graveyard Shift, Paranormal After Dark
S3:E19 - Night Shift Horror Stories | Pt. 1 | True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters From The Graveyard Shift
S3:E18 - 2023 Predictions | Visions & Premonitions From Psychics, Fortune Tellers, Nostradamus & Christian for the Year 2023
S3:E17 - Police & The Paranormal | Part 2 | TRUE Paranormal Experiences From Law Enforcement, Cop Ghost Stories
S3:E16 - Hauntings In Sports | Spirits of The World’s Stadiums, Arenas & Sports Halls, The Ghost of George Gipp & More
S3:E15 - Skinwalkers | Yee Naldooshi Lore & Terrifying True Run-In’s with Native American Skinwalker Entities
S3:E14 - ZOZO: The Ouija Board Demon | Part 2 | Real Ouija Board Stories, Zoso The Demon, True Paranormal Encounters
S3:E13 - A Freaky Deaky Christmas 3
S3:E12 - ZOZO: The Ouija Board Demon | Part 1 | Scary Ouija Board Tales, Zoso The Demon, True Paranormal Experiences with Evil
S3:E11 - Creepy Campfire Tales Pt. 1 | Hillbilly Horror Stories, Luring Forest Spirits, Satanic Ritual Sites & More
S3:E10 - Curse Or Cryptid? | Romanian Werewolf Targets Entire Family Lineage | Witchcraft, Dogman or Shapeshifter?
S3:E9 - Sidney Gottlieb: The C.I.A.’s Poisoner-In-Chief, MK Ultra & America’s Quest For Mind Control
S3:E8 - Planet Serpo | The 10 Year Human / Alien Exchange Program Following The Roswell Crash of 1947
S3:E7 - Return of the Black Eyed Kids | True Creepy BEK Encounters, Real & Terrifying Paranormal Experiences
S3:E6 - J.R.R. Tolkien Hidden History | Is There A Secret Truth Behind Some Stories Found in Lord Of The Rings?
S3:E5 - TFD Halloween Spooktacular 3: Threeky Deaky | True Scary Stories | Creepy Ouija Board Experiences & Other Paranormal Hijinks
S3:E4 - The Hollow Moon Theory | Ancient Origins, Unexplainable Facts & Of Course, Lizard People
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